Measurement of Pressure Drop and HETP in Columns Packed with Different Hydrophobic Catalysts for Tritium Isotopic Exchange Between Water and Hydrogen

A. Perevezentsev; A. Bell; B.M. Andreev; E.P. Magomedbekov; Yu.S. Pak; M.B. Rozenkevich; Yu.A. Sakharovskii

doi:dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST02-A22754

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Measurement of Pressure Drop and HETP in Columns Packed with Different Hydrophobic Catalysts for Tritium Isotopic Exchange Between Water and Hydrogen

A. Perevezentsev, A. Bell, B.M. Andreev, E.P. Magomedbekov, Yu.S. Pak, M.B. Rozenkevich, Yu.A. Sakharovskii

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 41 / Number 3P2 / May 2002 / Pages 1102-1106

Isotope Separation / Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology Tsukuba, Japan November 12-16, 2001 / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST02-A22754

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The three sets of hydrophobic catalyst and inert packing material for Liquid Phase Catalytic Exchange (LPCE) column have been tested for tritium isotopic exchange between liquid water and gaseous hydrogen. It was observed that wettability of the packing material was a crucial parameter for overall performance of the column. Provided that the packing is sufficiently wet, different hydrophobic catalyst/packing sets exhibit similar throughput and efficiency of isotopic exchange.